Ricciardo endured a challenging 2021 campaign with McLaren as he struggled to get as comfortable with the handling of the Woking-based team’s car as team-mate Lando Norris.
While both squad and driver made a decent amount of progress over the course of the year, they still did not reach a point where they could think the problems had all been solved.
However, following the first test of the new ground effect F1 2022 cars, McLaren technical director James Key thinks the change of concept has wiped away some of the inherent weaknesses that emerged with his team’s previous challengers.
Critical to this has been a step away from the aero detail of the old cars to a more simple platform where teams do not have as much freedom for complex designs.
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“I would say overall, it’s been maybe even an easier car to drive so far,” explained Key about the early verdict of the new McLaren.
“I think when you look at the way…
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